"Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government denominated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evils in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the divine law."

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Richard Mentor Johnson

#Country Quotes #Religious Quotes #Law Quotes

“One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.”
“The deepest love is often hidden.”
“It's true that there are younger people making films, and there are different kinds of films. This has created some attention in what's coming out of Greece, and people like to find a way to name this new ethnic cinema. It's not like there's a movement, or a common philosophy in making these films. They're just things that happened, and now people are paying attention to it.”
“The whole east was flecked With flashing streaks and shafts of amethyst, While a light crimson mist Went up before the mounting luminary, And all the strips of cloud began to vary Their hues, and all the zenith seemed to ope As if to show a cope beyond the cope!”
“Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better?”

Source : "Smooth Moves" by Alexandra Jacobs, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.
“There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.”
“I have been seized by the power of a great affection.”
“We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.”

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